Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 1, 1859 (Foss v. Edwards)

The opinion of the Court was drawn up by

Rice, J.

This case presents the question whether it was competent for a debtor, who has given a poor debtor’s relief bond, and has cited his creditor to hear his disclosure on a particular day and hour, to proceed and organize a Court for that purpose by appointing one magistrate, and causing an officer to appoint another, in the absence and without the